Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 1600: Passed Seventh Soul Challenge

Li Guangyu sat in front of the entrance and looked at Yue Xuelian sitting beside Luo Yunxiao and the others. "What exactly is her relationship with all those women? Why did she join them? Besides, Empress Huo clearly protects all the women of the Celestial Moon Sect, and she once announced that the Moonlit Passion Temple and the Twin Flames Domain are under her protection."

Li Guangyu turned his gaze to Wang Yusheng and Wang Jingzhi. He felt that these two young cultivators, especially the woman, were far more talented than their cousin, Wang Tieshan. Unfortunately, they were unwilling to join his sect, so his sect had recruited their cousin in the past.

Li Guangyu recalled the incident that affected their family, including their parents’ deaths while saving Wang Tieshan. After their cousin joined the sect, he looked down on them and the rest of the Wang Clan. "They have wasted their talents! If they were willing to join my sect, they would definitely be much stronger than their cousin now, especially Wang Jingzhi."

Li Guangyu’s eyes fell on Zhang Fei, and he thought about doing something to him, but he remembered Dugu Yuanshen’s previous words.

Li Guangyu wasn’t afraid of Zhang Fei, but he was afraid of Feng Yao, who clearly supported and protected him. If he provoked her wrath, he and his sect would be unable to face her, which would make him think twice. ’I should wait for the others to arrive here and discuss him with them.’

Soon, the group of cultivators who had challenged the tower in the past entered the second floor, and they hurried to begin their first challenge there.

Dugu Yuanshen, who was sitting in front of the stairs to the third floor with his eyes closed, noticed their presence. He couldn’t care less about them, and he was completely focused on Zhang Fei, waiting for him to complete his sixth challenge.

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In the sixth challenge, Zhang Fei finally managed to catch the biggest fish , and he immediately absorbed its soul fragment before his soul went back to his body.

When he opened his eyes, Zhang Fei saw that there were already countless cultivators on the second floor, but they were still struggling to pass the first challenge, including the Wang Siblings and people from the Divine Samsara Sect.

Zhang Fei saw Li Guangyu keeping an eye on him from the front door of the second floor. He activated his demon eyes to examine the old man’s soul, discovering something ominous within. ’Heh! Greed, jealousy, and envy are indeed terrifying! Even an old and experienced cultivator like him is not immune to the influence of these three.’

"You’ve finally completed your sixth challenge, husband," Luo Yunxiao spoke with a sweet smile on her face.

"What took you so long to complete your sixth challenge, Zhang Fei?"

"Do you even need to ask that, Xun’er?" Nalan Wangzi asked, shaking his head. "He must have been impatient and restless from catching the biggest fish before, so it took him so long to complete his sixth challenge."

"Haha," Tianshi Shengjie softly laughed. "How many fish did you catch before you caught the biggest one?"

Yue Xuelian didn’t say anything to Zhang Fei, but her expression showed that she couldn’t wait to hear his answer.

"Phew," Zhang Fei exhaled softly. "How many days have passed?"

"Three days! We finished our seventh challenge just now, but you still haven’t woken up."

"Three days, huh?" Zhang Fei muttered under his breath. "I can’t be patient when it comes to things like fishing, so it took me so long to finish it. Even so, it wasn’t in vain because I absorbed a lot of soul fragments from other soul fish, so I’m satisfied with that. Why don’t the five of you immediately proceed to the eighth challenge?"

"Apart from Luo Yunxiao, the seventh challenge consumed a lot of our soul power, so we want to recover it first before moving on to the eighth challenge," Yue Xuelian answered him.

Helian Xun’er also spoke. "Besides, the last three challenges are much more difficult than the first seven, especially the final one, which is the hardest of all. That’s why we don’t want to rush, and we want to prepare ourselves before taking on the next challenge."

Zhang Fei checked the soul power of each woman and discovered that it had dropped significantly for everyone except Luo Yunxiao. He gave them some pills, allowing them to recover their soul power faster.

"If you guys want to go first, you guys can do so after your soul power recovers, and you don’t need to wait for me." Zhang Fei immediately moved to the seventh location. "I’ll start now."

"How long will it take him to complete the seventh challenge?" Nalan Wangzi asked the others.

Helian Xun’er answered her. "If he can see the truth hidden within the challenge, he can complete it faster than us, but vice versa."

"The seventh challenge is actually easy, but we overlooked the truth, so it took us three days to complete it." The two women agreed with Tianshi Shengjie. "If he could find the truth sooner, he would finish faster than us."

Unlike the three women, Luo Yunxiao was not worried about Zhang Fei, and she was more worried about the cultivators who were increasingly filling the second floor. Unfortunately, the people from the sects of the Twin Flames Domain still had not reached that floor, and they were still struggling with all the challenges on the first floor.

Luo Yunxiao looked at Yue Xuelian, who seemed uneasy. "What happened to you, Sect Master Yue?"

"Sigh." Yue Xuelian released a soft sigh. "Ancestor Ningxue has been on her way to this domain since eight days ago, and she will probably arrive in two weeks or sooner. In fact, she is one of only three cultivators from the Divine Samsara Sect to have ever reached the third floor, so all the challenges on the first and second floors will be no significant obstacle for her."

Luo Yunxiao nodded in understanding. "I don’t think you need to worry about her, Sect Master Yue. My husband’s two clones are out there accompanying my sisters in training, and they will definitely stop her."

After spending several years in the training space, Yue Xuelian naturally knew that Zhang Fei had the strength to defeat Yue Ningxue. However, she didn’t want him to interfere in their dispute, as it would negatively impact the Moonlit Passion Temple, and the people of the Divine Samsara Sect would consider them enemies who needed to be eliminated.

"Don’t worry, okay?" Luo Yunxiao embraced her. "Leave Yue Ningxue’s affairs to my husband, and he will do something to stop her from reaching this tower. He’s not a reckless person, and he’ll think of something to keep her from recognizing his identity, so she won’t know anything about him or the Moonlit Passion Temple."

Yue Xuelian nodded at her before looking at the other cultivators. "Wang Yusheng and Wang Jingzhi have already reached the second challenge, but their cousin is faster than them."

"Hmm?" Luo Yunxiao looked at Wang Tieshan. "That man is stronger than them, and Liang Huizhong seems to have given him something to assist him in all these challenges."

"Yes," Yue Xuelian agreed with her, as she could feel that Wang Tieshan’s soul power was not that high, but he could pass the first soul challenge so easily.

"Yawn." Yue Xuelian and the four women turned to Zhang Fei, who had already completed the seventh challenge. "Why are you looking at me like that? The challenge just now was the easiest of all the previous ones, and I could see the truth behind it with a single glance."

"Haha," Dugu Yuanshen laughed from afar. "You’re right, Young Man. The seventh challenge is the easiest of the ten challenges, but not all cultivators can see the truth behind it as easily as you, so they spend a long time completing it. Even I took a year when I challenged this tower for the first time in the past, and I almost gave up then. However, you must not underestimate the eighth challenge because it is one of the three hardest challenges, and you will die if you are not careful and underestimate it."

Zhang Fei looked at him. "Senior, I never underestimate anything, even the smallest thing, let alone all the challenges in this tower. I must reach the third floor of this tower, so I will face the last three challenges seriously."

"It’s good that you have such a mentality." Dugu Yuanshen glanced at Yue Xuelian. "Since your soul power is still full, you should proceed to the eighth challenge. I will protect them for you, especially Sect Master Yue."

Yue Xuelian was surprised to hear that from Dugu Yuanshen, and Zhang Fei immediately spoke to the old man. "I entrust them to you, Senior."

"Leave everything to me, and you just need to focus on your eighth challenge."

"Yes," Zhang Fei immediately moved to the eighth area and started the challenge in that area.

"Why do you want to protect us, Sect Master Dugu?" Yue Xuelian asked him.

Dugu Yuanshen looked at her. "That young man is quite interesting, and he might succeed in opening the gate on the third floor. That’s why I decided to protect the five of you, so he can fully focus on the final three challenges."

"Do you know the mystery behind the tower, Senior?"

Dugu Yuanshen shook his head at Luo Yunxiao. "I’ve never been to the third floor before, but I’ve heard about the gate. No one, including Emperor Long, has been able to open it. Somehow I have a feeling that your husband can do it, and I want to watch him do it."